Observability Lead / Architect
yochanaDallas (TX)
Observability Lead / Architect
Posted 4 days ago
yochanaDallas (TX)
SENIORITY
Lead
About the role
Job Title:
Observability Lead / ArchitectLocation: Dallas, TX 2-3 days per week at officeFTE/ ContractObservability Architect - New Relic | Splunk | CloudWatch | Kibana | APM | Monitoring SolutionsExperience Required: 8+ YearsKey Responsibilities:
- Design and implement end-to-end observability strategies covering metrics, logs, traces, and user experience monitoring
- Architect custom monitoring frameworks tailored to specific business applications and infrastructure landscapes
- Implement and manage observability platforms including New Relic, Splunk, AWS CloudWatch, and Kibana
- Develop and maintain APM scripts, synthetic monitors, custom dashboards, and alerting mechanisms
- Integrate observability tools with CI/CD pipelines for proactive issue detection and faster MTTR
- Collaborate with application, infrastructure, DevOps, and security teams to ensure observability coverage across systems
- Conduct root cause analysis using correlation across metrics, logs, and traces
- Provide technical leadership in observability best practices, architecture reviews, and roadmap planning
- Define and enforce standards for SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs across environments
- Mentor and guide engineering teams in the effective use of observability tools Key Skills & Technologies: Monitoring & APM Tools: Deep experience with New Relic (including APM, infrastructure, synthetics, custom instrumentation)
- Strong proficiency in Splunk (querying, dashboards, alerts, ingestion pipeline design)
- Hands-on with AWS CloudWatch (metrics, logs, alarms, insights)
- Working knowledge of Kibana and Elastic Stack (ELK) Scripting & Customization:
- Experience in APM scripting, custom instrumentation (using Java, Python, or Node.js agents)
- Ability to create synthetic monitors, custom event generators, and automated dashboards
- Familiarity with Terraform, CloudFormation, or scripting languages (Shell, Python) for observability automation Architecture & Integration:
- Expertise in designing observability frameworks for cloud-native (AWS/GCP/Azure) and hybrid environments
- Understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven architectures
- Ability to integrate observability platforms with DevOps pipelines, incident response, and ITSM tools
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